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Of the soloists, it’s the cello that has the lion’s share, and Anne Gastinel makes the most of the part on this new recording. Her playing has a warmth and eloquence that made me think back to... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Komitas’s glory lay in his choral arrangements of folk songs, but is represented here by the two arrangements for violin and piano and seven for piano solo: each has a truthful simplicity and... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2015 More…

Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The playing is elegantly poised with remarkable expressive range. A prime example is Alessandrini’s performance of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier:... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Alessandrini has gathered some of them, and a few by other composers, into three suites, performing them on a rich-sounding harpsichord with the requisite Gallic liquid elegance. — Sunday Times, 15th September 2019 More…

Alessandrini and his crack players marry elegance with unfailing rhythmic zest, always attentive to textural clarity and the shaping of bass lines. The continuo (harpsichord and/or theorbo) adds... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

What can a cellist achieve alone? A polyphonic, technicolour panorama in Christian-Pierre La Marca’s idiosyncratic tour through the distant and immediate musical past...Stand-out among the performances... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

They are striking for the Trio Sōra’s razor-sharp articulation, and ideal balances in both the rhythmic and harmonic realm. Also impressive and welcome is the ensemble’s observance of Beethoven’s... — Fanfare, July/August 2021 More…